The ESO Presidential Award is bestowed upon a researcher in an advanced career stage who has made a significant impact on stroke care internationally over many years, with important influence on scientific, educational, or political development for stroke care across Europe or even worldwide. The achievement thus need not be research-based only, but may involve leadership, mentorship, implementation, or changing of attitudes.

The second ESO award is the Scientific Excellence Award. This award is given to an emerging, mid-career researcher, for whom an award for repeated research excellence could assist advancement to a final career position.

ESO Presidental Award recipients

ESO Scientific Excellence Award recipients

Kennedy Lees (2024)

UK


Philip Bath (2023)

UK


Valeria Caso (2022)

Italy


Michael Brainin (2021)

Austria


Bo Norrving (2020)

Sweden


Jean-Louis Mas (2019)

France


Werner Hacke (2018)

Germany


Joanna Wardlaw (2017)

United Kingdom


Heinrich Mattle (2016)

Switzerland


Marie-Germaine Bousser (2015)

France

Ashkan Shoamanesh (2024)

Canada


Jonathan Coutinho (2023)

The Netherlands


Guillaume Turc (2022)

France


Georgios Tsivgoulis (2021)

Greece


Urs Fischer (2020)

Switzerland


Stéphanie Debette (2019)

France


Götz Thomalla (2019)

Germany


Rustam Al-Shahi Salman (2018)

United Kingdom


Daniel Strbian (2017)

Finland


Stefan Kiechl (2016)

Austria


Geert Biessels (2015)

Netherlands